Description |
1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) |
Series |
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture |
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Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
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Contents |
pt. 1. Context. Perspectives and new directions : reflections on the state of scholarship -- The wandering kabbalist : historical profile and context. pt. 2. Reception and transmission. Receiving tradition, constructing authority -- Intentions and the recovery of meaning -- Seeing the secret : creative process and the hermeneutics of insight. pt. 3. Contemplative practice, mystical experience. Contemplation, theurgical action, and the presence of God -- Techniques of mystical contemplation : kavvanah and devotional experience -- Asceticism, prophecy, and mystical union |
Summary |
This book explores a prominent medieval kabbalist's approach to prayer, meditative contemplation, and the transmission of mystical wisdom |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-301) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Isaac ben Samuel, of Acre.
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SUBJECT |
Isaac ben Samuel, of Acre fast |
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Kabbala gnd |
Subject |
Cabala -- History -- To 1500
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Mysticism -- Judaism -- History -- To 1500
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Kabbalah & Mysticism.
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Cabala
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Mysticism -- Judaism
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Kabbala
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780804774871 |
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0804774870 |
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0804759138 |
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9780804759137 |
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